Canadian general sees near future offensive in Europe
Washington dispatch reports Lt Gen. A G McNaughton says Canada’s forces in Britain are building to strike at Germany. He notes three infantry divisions and other units in England, warns Hitler of spring risks, and confirms ongoing Allied planning with Roosevelt and British officers. He adds American observers are welcome at Canadian HQs.
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Canada
Great Britain
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Europe
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Emory
Land
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United Nations
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England
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Russia
Canis
Reds capture important junction in Lake Imen sector
Moscow reports Red Army forces seized a key junction in the Lake Imen area amid an assault on the 16th German army. German bombers were dispersed by Russian fighters. supply planes are shot down, and captured diaries indicate German shortages of munitions, food, and clothing as three villages on the Central Front are reported captured.
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Red Army
Lake Imen
Lakemen
Red Information Bureau
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Vyazma
The
Information Bureau
Ceiling set on prices of used tires and tubes
Government imposes a price ceiling on used tires and tubes based on October price levels, effective March 16. Four ply 6.00 x 16 tires vary from 8.10 to 31.0, with no added repair or service charges unless pre March 7. Auction notices and market ads referenced.
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Washington
Churchill repeats promise of Dominion status for India
Prime Minister Churchill reaffirmed that India will receive Dominion status after the war and sent Sir Stafford Cripps as an emissary to seek Indian acceptance of a plan. He said London has drafted a concrete approach to win loyalty across India's 350 million people, including Muslims, while stressing India's key role in the world struggle for freedom.
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Churchill
Britain
India
Stafford Cripps
British Commonwealth of Nations
Sir Stafford
Germans unlikely to seize French fleet, says British source
London dispatch reports a British source stating there is no indication that Germany intends to seize the French fleet. The statement comes amid wartime tensions and inquiries into naval power.
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London
World War II draft lottery set for March 17
Selective Service officials announced March 11 that the draft lottery to determine order of call for about 9,000,000 registrants will begin at 6 p.m. Eastern War Time on March 17. Reports from Lansing note active plans for a temporary Michigan air raid alert system and broader civilian defense measures as authorities coordinate with police and sheriffs. March 11 dispatches also cover Atlantic coast detonations, a French decree on wartime emergency, and shifts in Indian self-government talks amid global wartime tension.
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Lansing
Dex Leonard
Citizen Defense Corps
Michigan
Leonard
State Defense Council
Army
Washington
Selective Service
Cripps
Moscow
Oran
India
Toulon
Ladded
Guinse
Japanese claim U S Marblehead sunk in Indian Ocean
Japanese broadcasts claim a cruiser squadron operating west of Australia sank the U S Marblehead on March 2 during the battle of Java. The report also claims the Dutch minesweeper Jan Van Amstel was sunk between Bali and Java on March 9 and that Christmas Island suffered heavy damage. The Marblehead is described as an Omaha class cruiser at 7050 tons with a 455 crew.
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Imperial Headquarters
Indian Ocean
Australia
Marblehead
Jan van Amstel
Bali
Java
Christmas Island
United States
Augusta
Houston
Oriental
Jan i
Engel says CIO union favored for Army cloths bids
Washington March 11 Rev Engel charges that the CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers union and allied groups were favored by a government order that allowed only men's clothing manufacturers to bid on Army clothing contracts. He cites a War Production Board letter and an Office of Production Management directive explaining why men's clothing work went to ladies' garment workers, a policy tied to declining male enlistment. The dispute centers on the Manistee Garment Co low bid being denied due to these labor policy decisions.
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Washington
Engel
R-Mich
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union
Sidney Hillman
Nelson
Rep.Engel
Robert P. Patterson
Office of Production Management
AOL
Manistee Garment Company
Manistee
Mich
OPM
Hillman
WPR
WPB
Demand Revenge for Japanese Atrocities
London papers unite in call for revenge over Hong Kong horrors. Edens told Commons Japan killed and tortured prisoners, raped women, and left a trail of atrocity. Uproar prompts Daily Mail and Daily Mirror to urge action, mobilization, and grim resolve to smash the menace.
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London
Hong Kong
Anthony Edens
House of Commons
Daily Mail
The
Daily Mirror
Hitler calls for 2.6 million fresh troops for spring attack
Berlin reports say Germany seeks Hungary Slovakia and Italy to provide up to 2.6 million soldiers for a spring offensive after a severe winter in Russia. Factories shift to war materiel. Russia claims 6 million dead or wounded on the front. Hungary Slovakia and Italy may mobilize large contingents as Axis planning widens with political shifts in Hungary and Bulgaria discussed.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Bern
Europe
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Lorraine
Yugoslavia
Romania
Finland
Budapest
Iaid
Nicholas Kallay
Laszlo de Bardossy
Lenawee Supervisors Report From Lansing Meeting
Lenawee county board of supervisors, in the third day of its March session, heard reports from delegates Elmer Hillard Fairfield township Leland Brighton Cambridge township and John Robertson Ogden township on the Michigan Association of Supervisors convention in Lansing. The morning’s business centered on routine reports and bill approvals.
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Lenawee
Michigan Calls for More Defense Volunteers
Michigan defense officials report the civilian defense corps is at under one third of its needed strength with 288,009 enrolled against a required 100,007 study and duty participants. They urge more volunteers while noting 225,000 total enrolled in civilian defense activities and 211,687 by end February. They also propose using public utilities staff in core defense tasks and expanding conservation officer duties to improve rural fire protection north of the Muskegon Hay City area.
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Lansing
Michigan
Citizen Defense Corps
Harold A. Furlong
Michigan Defense Council
Furlong
Don Leonard
C. V. Ballard
Muskegon-Hay City Line
Fires Burn Mrs Pasternack And Car On Trent Street
An Adrian woman suffered second degree burns to hands and arms when a gas stove exploded in her Broad Street home at 555 yesterday afternoon. Fire damaged the kitchen and furnishings. 35 gallon chemical extinguished the blaze. Separately, Elmer Powers’s car on Trent Street near Oak Street caught fire at 325 this morning, origin blamed on a cigarette. interior burned, motor intact, chemical used to stop flames.
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Adrian
A. S. Pasternacks
Broad Street
War Industries Told Tooperating At 50 Percent Capacity
Washington March 11 The nations war industries were told they operated at only 50 percent capacity amid public demand for faster production. Donald M Nelson blamed lag on shifts, pay holidays, material flow, training time and facility shortages while urging unity of government labor and management to double output by running 24/7. The public is determined to get production and will not waver until it is achieved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Britain
War Production Board
Fighting on Bataan Stabilized Report
The War Department states the Bataan front with General Douglas MacArthur facing superior Japanese forces has temporarily stabilized. No air or ground action occurred in the past 24 hours and positions held by both sides remain unchanged. There is no report from other areas.
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War Department
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Australian Planes Strike At Jap Invasion Armada Gathering Off New Guinea
Axis submarines sunk two ships in nearby waters in as many days. A U boat split Gulftrade near Barnegat New Jersey, while Cayra was sunk about 140 miles off Ambrose Light. 78 feared dead, 16 of 35 crew saved, 22 of 75 seamen plus 4 passengers rescued. Chief Engineer Chadwick described the sub cruising between halves after sinking Gulftrade. Brazil protests Germany as Brazil remains non belligerent.
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New Guinea
Associated Press
New York
United States
Gulftrade
Barnegat
N. J
Ambrose Light
New York Harbor
U. S. East Coast
Coast Guard
Tomkinsville
Staten Island
Torger Olsen
Port Arthur
Tex
Guy F. Chadwick
Tava
Brazil
Germany
Irrawaddy Delta Falls To Japanese Forces
March 11 dispatch notes British troop withdrawal leaving the Irrawaddy Delta exposed. Rangoon and Bassein ports open to the Japanese navy. Submarines lurked since January, threats to Rangoon supply routes via Rangoon and the Burma Road to China. Chinese sources blame delayed Chinese action for Burma defeats.
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Burma
Irrawaddy
Andaman Sea
Gulf of Martaban
Bay of Bengal
Rangoon
Bassein
Japan
Akyab
Bengal
India
Chitiagong
China
Bilin
Sittang
Prison term for theft of tire in Lenawee court
Judge G Arthur Rathbun imposes two prison sentences in Lenawee circuit court sessions. Joseph Omier of Hudson gets six months to five years for stealing a tire and wheel from Harper Motor Sales vehicle in Hudson. Crout receives one to three years for abandoning and failing to support his wife and child. Both sent to Southern Michigan State Prison. Divorce granted to Viola Sands on cross bill for extreme cruelty and non support. attorney Lawrence J Hammond Adrian. Decree quieting title issued to Jens Tourborg and wife against John Craft and others. Ridgeway township land title clarified. attorney Glenn L Williams Tecumseh.
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G. Arthur Rathbun
Lenawee
Joseph Omier
Hudson
Harper Motor
Omier
William J. Crout
Omler
iCrout
Michigan
Jackson
Viola M. Sands
Hillsdale
George H. Sands
Lawrence J. Hammond
Adrian
James H. Baker
Jense Tourborg
John Craft
Tourborgs
Ridgeway’ Township
Glenn L. Williams
Tecumseh
President Reports on Lease-Lend Program and Ruhr Bombing
President Roosevelt informed Congress that the lend-lease program is key to pooling Allied resources and that heavy losses are expected in the long fight. The total aid value reached about 2.57 billion dollars, covering guns, tanks, planes, materials, ships, and production services. British bombers attacked Germany’s Ruhr Valley for the third night, delivering a heavy air raid despite limited visibility.
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Waseurylun
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
Ruhr Valley
London
Germany
Australian air raids smash Japanese ships near New Guinea
Australian bombing squadrons claim at least five Japanese ships destroyed or damaged off Salamaua and nearby harbors as Australia braces for a potential invasion. RAAF planes struck multiple targets including a cruiser amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Associated Press
Canberra
Australia
Salamaua
Commonwealth
Japan
New Guinea
Lae
Finschhafen
RAAF
Air Ministry
Fresh Snow Slows Michigan Traffic Across Main Routes
Snow, sleet, and freezing rain plagued Michigan motorists as highway crews faced blocked main lines. State reports surface slickness across the Upper Peninsula and parts of the Lower Peninsula, with US-27 and US-131 restored to the Straits for the first time since the storm began. Crews aim to open more routes before nightfall, though several stretches including M-65, M-30, and M-2 across Kalkaska, Alpena, Presque Isle, Gladwin, and Montcalm counties remain blocked or limited to single lanes.
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Lansing
Michigan
State Highway Department
Upper Penisula
Lower Peninsula
Straits
tRoad
Kalkaska County
AliJpene
Presque Isle 'S
Gladwin County
Montcalm County
Men Who Won't Work Not Fit To Serve in Army
Cleveland march 11 Those who won t work aren t good enough to serve in the Army Lieutenant General Ben Lear declared to day He said the remarks on make them work or fight are not fair to the Army and suggested labor battalions for the unwilling He warned against enemies and traitors stoking a nerves war and urged editors to curb hysterical reporting.
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Lear
Cleveland
Ben Lear
Second Army
Cleveland Advertising Club
Alaska
Labrador
Greenland
General Lear
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